In the settings, before creating a new world, set the passive behavior of creatures (animals, walkers)
This will help you a lot at the very beginning of the game.
On various YT channels you can also see what modifications you will need to make the game more enjoyable.
Also check out mechanic guides on how to start and so on.
But first, set it as I wrote above and you can completely disable the appearance of drifters in the crevasses that appear near you.
You can turn off temporal storms.
And if you want, somewhere on the website you will find a whole list of commands that will make it easier for you,
for example, to move around the map. I.e. setting waypoints or teleports.
Don't be discouraged, before I built a working camp I started it 100 times